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Human right to healthy environment – summary joint briefing with Scottish LINK

Publication Date
March 2021
Type
  • Briefings
Topic
  • Right to a healthy environment
Synopsis

Scottish Environment LINK’s Election Manifesto asks for the next Scottish Parliament to ‘enshrine the right to a healthy and safe environment in a Human Rights (Scotland) Bill’. This is a summary of ERCS’s joint briefing with Scottish Environment LINK.

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